Cultural references

Cultural References

"Then there was Martin. He's sweet but a little moonie, if you know what I mean."
"Or it could be some maladjusted freshman who likes to lurk outside your bedroom window with binoculars and a bag of pork rinds."
"Come on, Veronica. You gotta help me find out who it is. This could turn out to be my soul mate."

"Moonie" is the colloquial term for a member of Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church. Moonies deny that the Unification Church is a cult, but members practice aggressive recruitment techniques that border on brainwashing, their financial structure is questionable, and members used to hang out in airports selling flowers. That's strange enough. Meg hopes her secret admirer isn't the weird, quiet guy. Those are usually the ones who wind up being serial killers, you know?